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10 Common Mistakes New Gundog Owners Make (And How to Avoid Them)
As a new gundog owner, you want to ensure your four-legged friend is well-trained and successful. But, unfortunately, common mistakes can hinder their progress and make the training process a…
Transforming My Mindset Through Placeboard Training: A New Mother’s Journey
As part of our community, you may be familiar with place board training. In this blog post, LWDG Group Expert Emma Stevens, shares how placeboard training has helped her mindset…
Episode 75: The Debate Around Needing To Be a Qualified Gundog Trainer
There is a big debate going on in the UK at the moment about whether or not you need to be a qualified gundog trainer. On one side of the…
Episode 59. Can Dogs Give Consent? The ethics of training, grooming, and more
Dogs are considered members of the family in many households. As such, we are responsible for taking care of them and ensuring their well-being. But what happens when our interactions…
Training A Gundog Should be Fun: Learn The 9 Foundational Cues Online with Our Hot Mess Handler Course
Whether you want your gundog to be an expert in the field or simply a well-behaved family member, training a gundog is hugely rewarding. But if it’s your first time…
The Premack Principle: How to Use a More Desirable Behaviour to Reinforce a Less Desirable One When Dog Training
If you’re a dog owner, you’re probably familiar with positive reinforcement – rewarding your dog for desired behaviours to increase the likelihood of those behaviours being repeated. However, you may…
Resetting A Training Exercise: Helping Dogs Learn Through Patience and Repetition
Dogs are creatures of habit. Once they learn a command, they mostly find it easy to repeat the behaviour. But what about when they struggle to understand an exercise or…
Beginner’s Guide to GunDog Training Commands: A Free Download
Are you looking to train your new gun dog? First, you’ll need to learn a set of basic cues/commands that will help you get started. This free download will list…
Is It Time To Completely Stop Punishing Our Gundogs?
Podcast with Becky Brunton, followed by an article by Rob Alleyne. In the LWDG POD DOG latest episode, LWDG Founder Jo Perrott interviews Becky Brunton about her journey from despair…
Positive -Only V PunitiveTraining: What happened to the middle ground?
It can be confusing trying to decide which dog training approach is best for you and your pet gundog. Do you go with the harsh punishment-based system of olden times…
The Science Behind How to Correct Your Dog Constructively
When it comes to dog training, a lot of people are still under the impression that you have to be harsh with your dog in order to get them to…
Increase Your Success Using Values-Driven Dog Training
Joanne Perrott Founder of The LWDG, Author and Certified Success Trainer. Have you ever thought about how your dog training success is achieved in your mind? There are many different…
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